“Let’s establish a code for when you want to go all creeper on me. One knock means you’d like to come in. Two means you’re just stopping by to spy on me while I sleep.” His eyes travel from my face to my shirt (which happens to be his shirt) to my bare legs, lingering a breath too long before returning to my face. His gaze is warm. My legs are cold. Then he knocks once on the jamb. But it’s the smile that gets him in.”
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“The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing.”
“Your mind remains powerful as long as you keep using it consciously.”
“A genuine smile can speak a thousand words”
“She was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked. He smiled and said, 'By loving you.”
“I miss that smile covered with the tears of longing.”
“When you smile, it means that your mind smiles; when you cry, it means that your mind cries!”